The Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research group at the Bradford Institute for Health Research are holding the second in their series of research seminars on Thursday 28th April 2016 at the Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Dr. James Munro, Chief Executive of Patient Opinion will be giving a talk considering the impact of involving patient opinion in NHS improvement.

Quality improvement from the outside in: how patients are helping the NHS get better

Over the past decade the notion of “patient experience” has come to be seen as one of the three pillars of high quality healthcare, alongside clinical effectiveness and patient safety. Over the same period, the rise of digital communication and social media has transformed the way that both patients and professionals communicate (although not with one another). Coincidentally, over the same period we have developed Patient Opinion, a national non-profit service enabling people to share their experiences of health and care services online. Currently, over 140,000 experiences of care are available via Patient Opinion. They have been read over 75 million times and we receive 100,000 visitors per week. Most English NHS Trusts and all Scottish health boards use the service at some level, with 7,000 staff and students receiving alerts to relevant feedback.

This seminar will introduce the still-evolving Patient Opinion service, consider impacts for individuals, services and wider culture, and suggest a range of applications in both research and education.

Biography

Dr James Munro is chief executive of Patient Opinion, the UK’s leading independent online feedback service for health and social care. His background is in clinical medicine, public health, and academic research.

The seminar is being held from 11am-12pm in the Sovereign Lecture Theatre with buffet lunch and refreshments afterwards.